Edchris177 wrote: As an aside, were you a colleague of that chap who riveted the 747 tail pressure bulkhead that came apart. Poor bugger, felt so bad...

alloy corrodes and hardens in all environments i seem to remember finding some dodgy looking heads on my 5.2 head? plate when i bought the boat ...

for half the weight, but probably twice the price?, the carbon dagger of the weta trimaran are almost exactly the same size as the 5.2 daggers

at 15knots the challenge is there to be enjoyed at 20knots it's there to be survived with tall rigs hard to right platforms and no reefing beach...

watch these videos and hit pause whenever you see the jib blocks br />

sorry to bore you long time forumites with these AGAIN but... soloing a 5.2 uni-rigged, no jib......needs extra skill to tack and trim the main but ...

jib travellers have no place on a 5.2, which is why there were no holes on the hull or beam, as above the only place for the jib blocks to be and work...

you could always make 1 out of a hardwood:o)

great report, thanks

and don't forget probably the biggest sin when tacking beach cats don't try to tack 180 degrees from a beam reach! there just isn't enough mome...

can you see the stringers or not? 1985 is the year they switched to foam sandwich construction and those boats don't have stringers. solid 5.2's, wi...

i think there should be a drain along the keel line under the forward bulkhead perhaps it's clogged compare left and right sides and try wriggli...

i sail on a small inland lake and have been over several times for reasonable times without the turtling, your mileage may varyEdited by erice on Jul ...

that's what is was for my 5.2 base while you want the top half of the mast fully sealed to stop water entering if the boat is on it's side the l...

and don't over torque them the receiving strap is brass and in some positions requires major surgery to replace there is a torque in the assembly g...

1st up are you releasing the mainsheet in the tack? if not the big sail will try and weather vane you head to wind... 2nd - when it's blowing well ...

quick Q yurdle you ahve a N5.5 and N5.2 when the N5.5 came out nacra boasted it was longer, wider and lighter than the 5.2... but i see from ...

if you dump the main and drop the flying hull in the water hard, it is going to be slow likewise if you hoick the rudders upwind quickly and drop t...

i wouldn't bother with a spreader and diamond wires if i were you, quite a bit of work you'll have to do for only possible benefit likewise these b...

texel spreatsheet has it at 175kg, which if multiplied by 2.2, gives 385lbsEdited by erice on Jun 23, 2011 - 07:06 AM.

3rd choice is doing it yourself by hand with waxed "whipping twine" and a large needle. for areas too tough to push through by hand, like through the ...

the old alloy nacra masts are very tough, they may occassionaly bend up top but don't think i've ever heard of a mast base failure starting from a few...

if you can't get to the 5.2 hulls buy the 5.0 hulls and shorten your 5.2 rig to fit

could be it seems to have hour-glassed

you're going through much the same issues as golfdad75 did last year when converting from crusiey H16 to more race oriented N5.2 maybe go through th...

the goose marine 5.2 tuning article always confused me a bit with this statement 7. Boat Trim.…………...When sailing to windward and reaching in flat ...

as answered on catsailor 1. yellow holes were for a saddle which held the over-tramp jib block wires. a 1985? factory mod. moved the mounts for tho...

to help us to help you a) how long have you been sailing cats? b) what downwind angles are you sailing? c) what speeds do you think you are getti...

very rare boat, if you can't find alpha18 parts try parts from the next boat that tom rolland made, which apparently used many of the same parts. the ...